Scotorum historiae a prima gentis origine : cum aliarum & rerum & gentium illustratione non vulgari : praemissa epistola nu[m]cupatoria, tabellisq[ue] amplissmis & non poenitenda isagoge quae ab huius terho explicabuntur diffusius

Boece, Hector, 1465?-1536, Badius, Josse, 1462-1535, Fisher, Sidney T. (Sidney Thomson), 1908-1992 (bookstamp}, Castle Menzies Library (bookplate) · 1526 · [Paris] : Quae omnia impressa quidem sunt Iodoci Badii Ascensii typis & opera : impensis autem nobilis & praedocti viri Hectoris Boethii Deidoni a quoi sunt & condota & edita · 30 pictures

Hector Boece's Latin history of the Scots, printed in Paris in 1526 by Josse Badius Ascensius for Boece himself, a scholarly humanist work of Scotland's origins. Its four historiated initials are woodcut letters with dense interlaced foliage, vine scrolls, and ornamental filigree on textured grounds, showing how Renaissance printers built decorative capitals from interwoven stems and knotwork that a designer could adapt for display lettering.

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